are simply lack of proofreading. I know a lot of this pretty well (I'm not at the level of a good editor but I'm not too shabby, either).

I know the difference between they're and their and there.... and to/two/too. But I mix them up while typing all the time. I have to catch them when I proof and I don't always have time to proof. (seriously, a post of three good sized paragraphs might take me a half hour to write!) And somehow, I can read something on my website (where I do have the capability of editing unlike old posts on forums) ten times and find something I want to correct all 10 times.

It's not for lack of knowing... it's just for lack of proofing... or not proofing well enough.

I've noticed at ew.com where the goal is to get up an article about that tv show that just played as fast as possible, that the proofing is pretty much non-existent. But proofing, and proofing well (along with fact checking, another thing I'll spend lots of time doing), can double or triple the amount of time it takes to get an article online. I get why they don't (I think they come back later and do it) but it looks pretty awful on the screen while you're reading it. LOTR soundtrack websitemagpie avatar gallery ~ Torn Image Posting Guide